Spartak sweat over 'keeper for Barca tie

According to reports, Spartak’s Andriy Dykan has not kept goal since he suffered a shoulder injury back on September 29.

Fun at work: Barcelona’s Lionel Messi trains in Moscow on the eve of tonight’s Champions League match against Spartak Moscow. Pic/AFP

The Russian club’s next best option, Sergei Pesiakov, has also been out of action for a month after fracturing his foot.

And most recently, third-string goalkeeper Artem Rebrov is out too with the club announcing: “Rebrov sustained practically the same injury that Dykan had. Rebrov will miss at least the next few games.”